Broom-support



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J. GBOBLE.

- BROOM SUPPORT. No. 281,185. Patented J'u1y10,1883.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES GROBLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BROOM-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,185, dated July 10, 1883.

Application filed August 19, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES GnonLE, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

5 have invented a new and useful Device for Holding Brooms, Billiard-Cues, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a front View. Fig. 2 shows a bisection; Fig. 3, my device in actual Fig. 4. is a side view in operation.

My invention relates to a device for holding brooms, &c., which can be attached to a wall or other suitable place.

To enable others to more fully understand the working of my invention, I will proceed to describe the same.

a in Fig. 1 represents the plate, which is secured to the wall by nails or screws, as shown by the perforations f f. This plate may be made of iron, brass, or any suitable material, having a concave beak or lip, in order to more readily receive the objects to be held.

a is a spring of an irregular shape, securely (No model.)

riveted to plate a, in order to hold it firmly in position, and is provided at end d with a small curve, to facilitate the entering and wi thdrawal of the broom or other object. This spring, pressing against any material in conjunction with the lip b, holds it perfectly firm. This spring at end 6 is slightlycurved inwardly, to prevent the mutilating of the object held, either in inserting or removing.

When the article held is wanted for use, it can be taken out of the clasp without drawing it upward or downward.

The plate a can be made of any desired length, and any number of springs can be attached to it by shoulders or nibs.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The plate or frame a, having a concave lip or beak, 22, extending downwardly from said frame, in combination with the flat steel spring 0, free at one end and secured at the other to said frame, as described.

JAMES GROBLE.

Vi tnesses:

SAMUEL M. BLoDcETT, S. F. FIELDS. 

